For weeks we have tried to go to the park behind the Nautical, Boat Museum. We discovered the museum and park last winter and noted it would be a fantastic place for a lunch, snack or just rest. Until Saturday, our attempts failed as the doors to the garden were closed. While at the park, we noted this little man kept appearing. Sabrina made friends with him quickly.
Our first sighting of the strange little man. He evidently is a Beaver Fan!
He likes to hover around Sabrina.
The entrance to the museum.
Along the garden path.
Going to the coy pond in the back.
The planters were just beautiful with a wide variety of plants.
Our adventures took us back out to the Bonadventure Cemetery where we hoped to find blooming shrubs. Instead near the Grace Statue, we found the peculiar little man.
The attention to details in the old part of the cemetery was marvelous.
We noted many small graves for children. A reminder that we are very lucky to be living in an age of modern medicine and that many of these diseases are treatable.
Sunday we used our family pass and went out to Ft. Pulaski.
Watching the ships go by is one of our favorite things to do. Sunday was particularly windy and this barge was stuck as it drifted from the deep part of the river. Four tugboats worked to free the ship.
Playing in the wind while watching the ship.
I think she is reacting a seen from Frozen and singing in the wind.
Ship number two approaching stuck ship.
Tugboats escorted ship number two safely around.
Very close. Looked like a nail biter to us.
Meanwhile, a fiddler crab shows us his claw.
The funny little man in orange and black was conducting a meeting with the horseshoe crab when we arrived. This man sure gets around.
Watching the first ship continue up river.
Walking back to the fort, we found this large grass hopper. He was not the largest we have seen but he was pretty big.
On the edge of the moat, this great blue heron was hunting for food.
Then flying for shelter.
We have always wondered where blue heron go during the rain storms. Now we know, to nearest fort!
Where is Sabrina? This fig tree was inside the fort walls.
The little orange man found his way to the fort wall! Amazing!
Looks like he is getting ready for a circus act!
Sweeping in the barracks.
The vantage point from a guard's window of the drawbridge.
An original wooden door with slats for soldiers to use to protect from attack.
Graffiti in the brick. Some dated to the 1800s but some was a little more recent: 2006
Supplies were hidden in these mounds, away from the major part of the fort in order to protect from explosion.
Walking the path. We noted no flag was flying today as it was too windy. Strong winds destroy the flags quickly so they are not flown on these days. Usually, the flag represents who controlled the fort on this date during the Civil War.
The model of the fort shows the water collection system. Rain was collected off the roofs and then stored for later usage.
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